According to Wikipedia, congee is: A type of rice porridge popular in many Asian countries. It can be eaten or served with a side dish. It can be considered as a porridge or thick soup. In many Asian cultures, it is also called juk (Cantonese, Korean), chao (Vietnamese), chok (Thais) or kayu (Japanese). In some [...]
Posted on February 10, 2011 in Cookbooks,Featured,Food Sensitivities,Gluten Free,Recipes,Soups and tagged as healthy recipes, rice cooker
Last week I was invited to a special VIP I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter event in NYC to find out who would be their new spokesperson. The night before my fellow food bloggers and I tried to pry the big secret from the PR people. Was it Paula Dean? Rocco DiSpirito? Justin Bieber? We were [...]
Posted on February 3, 2011 in Events,Food Sensitivities,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy recipes, shrimp recipes
Searching for a recipe that fits your food sensitivities, allergies, or your family’s particular likes and dislikes can be difficult. Yes, you could google a meatloaf recipe that doesn’t contain bread, onions or eggs – but there’s got to be a better way than clicking around to a zillion different food blogs. Luckily, there’s Foodily, [...]
Posted on February 2, 2011 in Egg Free, Food Allergies,Food Sensitivities and tagged as Foodily
Since I was diagnosed with food sensitivities late last year, it’s been a challenge to find prepackaged foods that I can eat. It’s just not enough for a food to be labeled gluten free. It also can’t contain corn, cane sugar, honey, baker’s yeast or potato starch. This eliminates almost all gluten free breads, cookies [...]
Posted on February 1, 2011 in Breakfast,Food Reviews,Food Sensitivities,Gluten Free and tagged as Attune Foods, healthy snacking
Here’s another healthy recipe (and gorgeous picture) from 400 Calorie Fix: The Easy New Rule for Permanent Weight Loss! that I had to share. It’s perfect to bring to breakfast meetings or to make on the weekend. Serve it with some fresh fruit or berries. Soy cheeses Due to my food sensitivities I’ll be substituting soy cheese [...]
Posted on January 24, 2011 in Breakfast,Cookbooks,Featured,Food Sensitivities,Recipes and tagged as cheese, healthy recipes
Eating out with food sensitivities is difficult. Heck, just trying to eat healthy when you go out is a challenge! Luckily, restaurants are getting a clue and offering online menus so you can plan your meal before you go. Panera Bread goes one step further with their Nutrition Calculator. Yesterday when I visited my local [...]
Posted on January 23, 2011 in Food Sensitivities,Restaurant Reviews,Weight Watchers
For Christmas, my husband bought me a Cuisinart rice cooker. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect since I found out about my food sensitivities just a few days before the holiday and knew I’d be eating a lot of rice in the months to come. Since I’ve had the rice cooker, I’ve made brown [...]
Posted on January 14, 2011 in Cookbooks,Featured,Food Sensitivities,Gluten Free,Recipes and tagged as casein free, rice cooker
Due to my food sensitivities, I’ve been on the lookout for alternatives to milk-based yogurts. While you can buy commercially prepared soy and coconut yogurts, all the ones I’ve found are sweetened with cane sugar, which I have to avoid. The only exception is So Delicious Dairy Free Agave Sweetened Yogurt, made from soy milk. [...]
Posted on January 12, 2011 in Breakfast,Desserts,Featured,Food Sensitivities,Gluten Free,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy recipes, healthy snacking, stevia, yogurt
2010 was challenging year when it came to eating right and exercising. I started the year off with sciatica and had to cut back on exercising when my back pain got too bad. I was also traveling a great deal, making it hard to avoid indulging at all those blogger conferences and events. Then I [...]
Posted on January 5, 2011 in Featured,Food Sensitivities,Gluten Free,Health
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